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==Events==

===Pre-1600===

*[[48 BC]] – [[Pompey]] disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King [[Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator|Ptolemy XIII]].<ref name="Vagi2000">{{cite book|author=David L. Vagi|title=Coinage and History of the Roman Empire, C. 82 B.C.~~--A~~–A.D. 480: History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=raE7qzBM-OIC&pg=PA53|year=2000|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-57958-316-3|pages=53}}</ref>

* [[235]] – [[Pope Pontian]] resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with [[Hippolytus of Rome]].<ref name="kelly_popes">{{cite book |last1=Kelly |first1=J.N.D. |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Popes |url=https://archive.org/details/oxforddictionary0000kell |url-access=registration |date=1986 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |page=[https://archive.org/details/oxforddictionary0000kell/page/16 16]|isbn=978-0-19-213964-1 }}</ref>

* [[351]] – Constantius II [[Battle of Mursa Major|defeats]] the usurper Magnentius.<ref>*{{cite book |title=Emperors and Usurpers in the Later Roman Empire: Civil War, Panegyric, and the Construction of Legitimacy |first=Adrastos |last=Omissi |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2018|page=168}}</ref>

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*[[1066]] – William the Conqueror lands in [[England]], beginning the [[Norman conquest of England|Norman conquest]].<ref>* {{cite book |author=Bates, David |author-link=David Bates (historian) |title=William the Conqueror |publisher=Tempus |location=Stroud, UK |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-7524-1980-0|pages=79–89}}</ref>

*[[1106]] – [[King Henry I of England]] defeats his brother [[Robert Curthose]] at the [[Battle of Tinchebray]].

*[[1213]] – Queen consort [[Gertrude of Merania]] is [[Assassination of Gertrude of Merania|assassinated]] by a group of Hungarian lords.<ref name="Engel2001">*{{cite book |last=Engel |first=Pál |author-link=Pál Engel |year=2001 |title=The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526 |publisher= I.B. Tauris Publishers |isbn=1-86064-061-3|page=91}}</ref>

*[[1238]] – King [[James I of Aragon]] conquers Valencia from the Moors. Shortly thereafter, he proclaims himself [[Kingdom of Valencia|king of Valencia]].<ref>*{{cite EB1911|wstitle=James I. of Aragon}}</ref>

*[[1322]] – Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, defeats Frederick I of Austria in the [[Battle of Mühldorf]].

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*[[1779]] – [[American Revolution]]: [[Samuel Huntington (Connecticut politician)|Samuel Huntington]] is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.<ref>{{Cite book |first1=Calvin C. |last1=Jillson |first2=Rick K. |last2=Wilson |title=Congressional Dynamics: Structure, Coordination, and Choice in the First American Congress, 1774–1789 |location=Stanford |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1994 |pages=76–80 |isbn=0-8047-2293-5 }}</ref>

*[[1781]] – American Revolution: French and American forces backed by a French fleet begin the [[siege of Yorktown]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Burke |title=The Campaign that Won America |location=New York |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |year=2007 |isbn=978-0836853933 |url=https://archive.org/details/battleofyorktown0000ande }} {{failed verification|date=October 2023|reason=link goes to a different book|page=189}}</ref>

*[[1787]] – The Congress of the Confederation [[History of the United States Constitution|votes]] to send the newly written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.<ref>{{cite book |last=Maier |first=Pauline |author-link=Pauline Maier |title=Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, ~~1787-1788~~1787–1788 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2010 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/ratificationpeop0000maie/page/n5/mode/2up |isbn=9780684868547|page=~~54-58~~54–58}}</ref>

*[[1821]] – The [[Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire]] is drafted. It will be made public on 13 October.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ponen al alcance documentos de la independencia. |url=http://www.inah.gob.mx/index.php/boletines/245-acervos/5242-ponen-al-alcance-documentos-de-la-independencia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923185544/http://www.inah.gob.mx/index.php/boletines/245-acervos/5242-ponen-al-alcance-documentos-de-la-independencia |archive-date=September 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |publisher=Azteca 21 |access-date=March 24, 2014 }}</ref>

*[[1844]] – [[Oscar I of Sweden]]–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.

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===1901–present===

*[[1901]] – [[Philippine–American War]]: Filipino guerrillas [[Balangiga massacre|kill]] more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.<ref>{{cite web| title= Jungle Patrol 2: Remember Balangiga| url= http://bakbakan.com/junglep/jp-2.html| access-date= March 29, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080510141323/http://www.bakbakan.com/junglep/jp-2.html| archive-date= May 10, 2008| url-status= dead}}</ref>

*[[1912]] – The [[Ulster Covenant]] is signed by some 500,000 Ulster ~~Protestant~~ Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/18000-loyalists-expected-for-ulster-day-march-to-commemorate-uvf-formation-29603764.html|title=18,000 loyalists expected for 'Ulster Day' march to commemorate UVF formation|newspaper=Belfasttelegraph |via=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk}}</ref>

* 1912 – Corporal [[Frank S. Scott]] of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kennedy |first1=Betty R. |date=September 1987 |chapter=Preface |title=An Illustrated History of Scott Air Force Base, 1917–1987 |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedhisto00scot/ |language=en |location=[[Scott Air Force Base]] |publisher=[[Military Airlift Command]] |pages=i–v |lccn=87602583 |access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref>

*[[1918]] – [[World War I]]: The [[Fifth Battle of Ypres]] begins.<ref>{{cite book |title=World War One: The Global Revolution |last=Sonhaus |first=L. |author-link= |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-521-51648-8|page=429}}</ref>

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* 1941 – [[Ted Williams]] achieves a .406 batting average for the season, and becomes the last major league baseball player to bat .400 or better.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pennington |first=Bill |date=September 11, 2011 |title=Ted Williams's .406 Is More Than a Number |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/sports/baseball/ted-williamss-406-average-is-more-than-a-number.html?_r=0 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

*[[1944]] – World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate [[Klooga concentration camp]] in Estonia.

*[[1951]] – CBS makes the first [[color television]]s available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oCEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8 |title="Para-TV Color Sets To Go On Sale Soon"|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=6 October 1951|page=6}}</ref>

*[[1961]] – A [[1961 Syrian coup d'état|military coup]] in Damascus effectively ends the [[United Arab Republic]], the union between Egypt and Syria.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Chapter 18: The United Arab Republic (Al-Gumhuriyah al-Arabiyah al-Muttahidah) |title=Middle East Record Volume 2, 1961 |location=Jerusalem, Israel |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzZ71Eh5QvMC&pg=PA577 |access-date=19 May 2021 |edition=1st |language=English |publication-place=Jerusalem |publisher=The Moshe Dayan Center/Reuven Shiloah Research Center (Tel Aviv University)/Israel Program for Scientific Translations/Israel Oriental Society (University of Jerusalem)/The Jerusalem Post Press/Gano Press |date=1961 |volume=II |via=Google Books |first1=Yitzhak |last1=Oron |first2=Aryeh |last2=Shmuelevitz |first3=Uriel |last3=Dann |first4=Naomi |last4=Amzalak |first5=Shmuel |last5=Avi-Ad |first6=Rony |last6=Gabbay |first7=Yosef |last7=Luntz |first8=Yenoshua |last8=Porat |first9=Aryeh |last9=Unger |first10=Rivka |last10=Yadlin |editor-last=Elath |editor-first=Eliahu |pages=577–692 |oclc=19956240 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzZ71Eh5QvMC }}</ref>

*[[1970]] – Egyptian President [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] [[Death and state funeral of Gamal Abdel Nasser|dies]] of a heart attack in Cairo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://martinkramer.org/2020/09/29/nassers-death-50-years-on/|title=Nasser's death, 50 years on|first=Martin|last=Kramer|date=29 September 2020}}</ref>

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*[[1881]] – [[Pedro de Cordoba]], American actor (d. 1950)

*[[1882]] – [[Mart Saar]], Estonian organist and composer (d. 1963)

*[[1883]] – [[Albert Peyriguère]], French priest, hermit and ethnologist (d. 1959)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Boucrout|first1=Marc|editor1-last=Ennaji |editor1-first=Moha |title=Culture berbère (amazighe) et cultures méditerrannéeennes: Le vivre-ensemble |date=9 July 2020 |publisher=~~KARTHALA~~Karthala Editions |isbn=978-2-8111-2574-5 |pages=195–202 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7RZEAAAQBAJ |access-date=3 September 2024 |language=fr}}</ref>

*[[1885]] – [[Emil Väre]], Finnish wrestler, coach, and referee (d. 1974)

*[[1887]] – [[Avery Brundage]], American businessman, 5th [[President of the International Olympic Committee]] (d. 1975)

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* 1964 – [[Paul Jewell]], English footballer and manager

* 1964 – [[Mārtiņš Roze]], Latvian lawyer and politician (d. 2012)

*[[1965]] – [[B.G., the Prince of Rap]], American rapper (d. 2023)<ref name="LarkinDM">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1998|edition=~~First~~1st|isbn=0-7535-0252-6|pages=34/5}}</ref>

*[[1966]] – [[Scott Adams (American football)|Scott Adams]], American football player (d. 2013)

* 1966 – [[Maria Canals-Barrera]], Cuban-American actress<ref name="UPI"></ref>

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* [[935]] – [[Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia|Wenceslaus I]], duke of Bohemia (b. c. 907)

* [[980]] – [[Minamoto no Hiromasa]], Japanese nobleman (b. 918)

*[[1197]] – [[Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry VI]], Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1165)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kleinhenz |first1=Christopher |title=Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia |~~date~~year=~~2 August~~ 2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-94880-1 |page=492 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E2CTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT522 |language=en}}</ref>

*[[1213]] – [[Gertrude of Merania]], queen consort of ~~Hungaria~~Hungary (b. 1185)<ref>{{cite book | first1=János M. | last1=Bak | first2=László | last2=Veszprémy | first3=Norbert | last3=Kersken | title=Chronica de gestis Hungarorum e codice picto saec. XIV. | trans-title=The Illuminated Chronicle: Chronicle of the deeds of the Hungarians from the fourteenth-century illuminated codex | place=Budapest | publisher=Central European University Press | year=2018 | isbn=978-9-6338-6264-3 | page=321}}</ref>

*[[1330]] – [[Elizabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330)|Elizabeth of Bohemia]], queen consort of Bohemia (b. 1292)

*[[1429]] – [[Cymburgis of Masovia]], duchess consort of Austria (b. 1394)

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*[[1941]] – [[Marion Miley]], American golfer, ranked No. 1 in the United States (b. 1914)

*[[1943]] – [[Sam Ruben]], American chemist and academic (b. 1913)

* 1943 – [[Filippo Illuminato]], Italian partisan, Gold Medal of Military Valour (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/14058 |title=~~ILLUMINATO~~Illuminato Filippo |website=[[President of the Republic of Italy]] |language=it |access-date=19 April 2019}}</ref>

*[[1949]] – [[Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens]] (b. 1881)

*[[1953]] – [[Edwin Hubble]], American astronomer and scholar (b. 1889)